I understand your sentiment. But consider this — when His imminent return is my focus, it will make my living on earth that much more meaningful and successful. That means I will do all I can to speed that return, i.e, loving my neighbor, sharing the good news, being the best worker on my job, loving my husband, loving my children, etc. . . You must admit that we, even as believers, are so wrapped up in the hear-and-now that an imminent return of the Lord is not really within our immediate scope.

Is not prayer more than running into the inner sanctum somewhere to find strength. Isn’t it a life focused on the One who is the source of our lives . . . and the One our souls long for?

I realize that many hold opposing views. When one says that we can not dwell in the forthcoming return of Christ; not to dwell is to not take a period of time at a given moment to communicate with the one who loves us more than life. We are not forfeiting the daily operations of one’s day.
But rather when one enters into the holy place to take that moment of time and commune with God you gain strength, wisdom, direction and love and the awesome ability of God to do all things both spiritually and naturally. He directs us in what to do, what to say, how to say it and that is what strengthens his very essence of who he is in our daily lives.
Therefore your connection in prayer in a given moment keeps you rapture ready. We are not praying with our head in the sky but our spirits are communing in our hearts with our heavenly father.

I believe this is living in the imminent return of our Lord, in your spirit you are preparing yourself for his return.

Someone said just the other day that we cannot dwell on the imminent return of the Lord all the time. There is no way that we can do that and do all the other things we must do. She said that our finiteness could not withstand that! All I know is that the Word says I must “love his appearing”! What does that mean? When we are newlyweds, our days are consumed with the thought of being w/ our spouses. After years of marriage, we don’t rush home as quickly. I know that the delay doesn’t mean we have fallen out of love, but I think that it does mean that in our familiarity we have lost the eagerness.